Diary PCBuds mini-grow

[PCBuds]

It seems, you have some "autumn red" there all ready. The "macro" (made with flashlight) looks delicious.

Yeah, the small leaves in the flowers look pretty cool with their dark purple colors.

ReikoX mentioned that it is a genetic trait.

I really like the look of it.

 

[f2obsession]

I'm experimenting with own crosses, one of them looks like this atm.

Semi DWC 700ppm

 

[PCBuds]

I'm experimenting with own crosses, one of them looks like this atm.

I like that !!

I know that you're supposed to judge a plant by its terpine profile, THC, CBD and other canibinoid contents and quantities, as well as the type of high it produces, but I still like to judge a plant by its pretty colors. Lol

The White Widow that I grew previously was pretty boring to look at.
It was just different shades of white and green.

 

[f2obsession]

By the way, I have to confess something.

You ispired me in 2 ways.

First thing: taking side lighting seriously. A micro grow got this led strips recently:

 

[f2obsession]

Second thing:

The succes, of your hybrid method (Soil, and hydro combined) gave the idea to put originally soil plants on a small DWC setup. I led them root into the DWC tank from the bottom of soil container. Its more separated than yours, but you gave me the idea.

 

[f2obsession]

I like that !!

I know that you're supposed to judge a plant by its terpine profile, THC, CBD and other canibinoid contents and quantities, as well as the type of high it produces, but I still like to judge a plant by its pretty colors. Lol

The White Widow that I grew previously was pretty boring to look at.
It was just different shades of white and green.

I feel kind of same way. Growing experience is not less important, than consuming experience. For me, terpene profile is important part of growing experience. I smell my flowering plants almost every time I look at them. For me there is something "transcendental" in the scent of a living mature plant. But back to growing experience in general: Amnesia is one of my favorites not for the smoking experience, but the way it grows. The big, smoothly shaped, 'fleshy' leaves it grows, the robust stems, the fact it doesn't stretch after time shift (lighting from 20/4 to 12/12), the big dense buds wich somehow refuse to get mold despite their density...

 

[PCBuds]

By the way, I have to confess something.

You ispired me in 2 ways.

First thing: taking side lighting seriously. A micro grow got this led strips recently:

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Awesome !!

I don't believe a plant needs to have its light only shining down from the top.

The sun moves across the sky from side to side.
So instead of forcing a plant to grow sideways (LST, scrog, etc..) just let the plant grow naturally and provide the light from the side instead ??

 

[PCBuds]

That just makes sense to me.

The plant has roots in the soil that can support it if everything goes to shit in the reservoir.

Things are kinda buffered and "you don't have all your eggs in one basket."

I'm sure you could grow a plant in nature beside a stream and it would grow its roots into the water ??

 

[PCBuds]

The succes, of your hybrid method (Soil, and hydro combined) gave the idea to put originally soil plants on a small DWC setup. I led them root into the DWC tank from the bottom of soil container. Its more separated than yours, but you gave me the idea.

Are you watering the soil at all, or do the roots wick moisture up from the reservoir ??

 

[f2obsession]

Are you watering the soil at all, or do the roots wick moisture up from the reservoir ??

Soil keeps wet, but when I do reservoir change (once in 1 or 2 weeks depending on the ratio of root mass to bucket), i flush the soil with diluted solution because of salt buildup. And PH in the soil needs reset too sometimes, because i run the DWC part between 5,5 and 6, and it affects the soil PH in long term.

 

[f2obsession]

That just makes sense to me.

The plant has roots in the soil that can support it if everything goes to shit in the reservoir.

Things are kinda buffered and "you don't have all your eggs in one basket."

More stable, yes. Needs less attention than a pure DWC. In my experience so far, this hybrid method is less efficient, than pure DWC with clay pebbles, but stil much more efficient than simple soil method. But there is another aspect, wich is important to me, and this hybrid method can possibly be my golden mean: terpene pofile. DWC is super efficient, fast growth, high yield, but IMO a lot less complex terpene profile. Plants grown in soil have a lot more complex, and lot more "living" scent in my experience. So I hope this hybrid thing may give me not much less efficiency than DWC gives, but hopefully not much less terpene complexity than Soil does.

 

[f2obsession]

I'm sure you could grow a plant in nature beside a stream and it would grow its roots into the water ??

I think the plant woud do it, but animals living in the stream (fishes, tiny crabs, larvaes of insects and such organisms) would keep eating up. When I lift roots out of the res, they smell like geen peas. and are so fragile and "crispy" like the radicle of a germinating seed. So i think it must be very yummy for almost everything living in that stream

 

[PCBuds]

My new air pump arrived and I got it hooked up.
I can really hear it gurgling away, even with it turned down.

 

[PCBuds]

More pictures...
She's slowly filling in.

 

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I got kinda wasted and did some more pruning...

 

[f2obsession]

I would not defoliate much while a nutrient uptake anomaly. Fan leaves (with any green part on them) can be nutrient sources in emegrency. But on such a big plant, maybe this was the necessary quantity for some air, and light penetration in the middle...

 

[f2obsession]

Another thing:

This way double air pump is not more fail safe, than single versions. And if I remember right, you don't use "air-stones" in the underwater end of the silicone tube. If it is so, You should use the pump around minimum power. The "rubber-membranes" in those air pumps are designed to work against some pressure. If there is no pressure in the sillicone tubes, they are working in a lot higher amplitude, and can crack easily.

 

[f-e]

I have not had a double. In theory a pair of singles rotated 180 could appose each-other mechanically, giving a good degree of noise and vibration cancellation. The noise figures don't suggest this though.

You must be around 7 weeks now. It's getting a nice coating. It is goes another 3, That will finish up nicely

 

[PCBuds]

I would not defoliate much while a nutrient uptake anomaly. Fan leaves (with any green part on them) can be nutrient sources in emegrency. But on such a big plant, maybe this was the necessary quantity for some air, and light penetration in the middle...

There's still lots of leaves left.
It was pretty dense in the middle and the leaves were blocking light and air flow.
I've got more light getting right to the flowers now.

 

[PCBuds]

Another thing:

This way double air pump is not more fail safe, than single versions. And if I remember right, you don't use "air-stones" in the underwater end of the silicone tube. If it is so, You should use the pump around minimum power. The "rubber-membranes" in those air pumps are designed to work against some pressure. If there is no pressure in the sillicone tubes, they are working in a lot higher amplitude, and can crack easily.

I've got it turned down as far as it goes. There's still plenty of bubbles.

I'm not using an air stone because I won't be able to get to it to replace it if it plugs up.

Right now, the tube is going straight down the side into the bottom, but when I redo my planter, I will feed the tube to the middle at the bottom.

The air will be bubbling through all the clay pellets and roots, so it should be able to give up its oxygen pretty effectively.

I'm not too worried about pump failure because I don't think my plant is dependent on the air, and I don't want it to be.
It's just a supplement of oxygen, so my planter should remain fail-safe.